A great barbershop scent. Enjoy the original pucks. Great stuff, and a bargain.
The Shaving Cadre
Welcome to The Shaving Cadre, a forum dedicated to gentlemanly discourse about wet shaving and other topics of common interests. Membership is always free so register today and join in the fun
Not quite Music City USA
- Thread starter fhalden
- Start date
fhalden
"Like BarberDave… I make my own fun”
Today's shave:
Razor: Karve Overlander Stainless Steel
Blade: Gillette Nacet Stainless
Brush: Simpson Duke D3 Best Badger
Lather: Zingari Man The Watchman
Aftershave: Zingari Man The Watchman Aftershave Balm
Additional Care:
Humphreys Maravilla
Osma Tradition Alum Block
The Watchman is floral, and it is wonderful. I enjoyed everything about the experience of this soap. The scent was great from start to finish, and the soap performance, I find no fault with. It is as good as it gets for me.
8 straight days and a 22 hour turnaround today and I'm finally feeling a bit of irritation. I'll take tomorrow off. But the Overlander is the real deal in the comfort department.
There ended up being too many issues with artisanal aftershaves, from scents that were way too strong, to utterly unrelated to the soap, to leaving my face covered in oil, the hit percentage was too low, so I quit buying them, except for Captain's Choice, who I've been using since he started.
And I prefer a splash with some alcohol in it to a balm, at least right after the shave. I'll throw on some moisturizer after the aftershave dies down.
But here I am really loving Zingari Man matching balms. They smell just strong enough, just long enough, and really feel soothing and hydrating.
The Duke did its job perfectly.
Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk
Razor: Karve Overlander Stainless Steel
Blade: Gillette Nacet Stainless
Brush: Simpson Duke D3 Best Badger
Lather: Zingari Man The Watchman
Aftershave: Zingari Man The Watchman Aftershave Balm
Additional Care:
Humphreys Maravilla
Osma Tradition Alum Block
The Watchman is floral, and it is wonderful. I enjoyed everything about the experience of this soap. The scent was great from start to finish, and the soap performance, I find no fault with. It is as good as it gets for me.
8 straight days and a 22 hour turnaround today and I'm finally feeling a bit of irritation. I'll take tomorrow off. But the Overlander is the real deal in the comfort department.
There ended up being too many issues with artisanal aftershaves, from scents that were way too strong, to utterly unrelated to the soap, to leaving my face covered in oil, the hit percentage was too low, so I quit buying them, except for Captain's Choice, who I've been using since he started.
And I prefer a splash with some alcohol in it to a balm, at least right after the shave. I'll throw on some moisturizer after the aftershave dies down.
But here I am really loving Zingari Man matching balms. They smell just strong enough, just long enough, and really feel soothing and hydrating.
The Duke did its job perfectly.
Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk
fhalden
"Like BarberDave… I make my own fun”
Today's shave:
Razor: Paradigm Diamondback
Blade: Gillette Nacet Stainless
Brush: Simpson Chubby 3 Manchurian (Faux Sapphire)
Lather: Mitchell's Wool Fat
Aftershave: Floris No. 89
Additional Care:
Humphreys Maravilla
Osma Tradition Alum Block
I've spent a fair amount of time shaving by now. But nothing like the time I've spent practicing the piano. Starting at age 5, and continuing formally until I was 16, I practiced pretty much every one of those days, and for most of that time, I practiced 3 hours a day. That adds up to a lot of thousands of hours of doing one thing by oneself. So there's things like constructing a narrative, or improvising, that I can do really well. I feel like I earned the pleasure I get from playing, through all that practice.
That's how I felt about today's shave. I chose my stuff, and went into the shave, focused on performing every step with excellence. (I had my worst night of meditation ever. I so thoroughly forgot I was meditating, I went and got ice cream.) So I felt the need to play the piano, but at 4:15am, other people might not enjoy it so much, so a silent, focused, technically perfect shave was my goal.
It went very well. This was exactly what I needed.
I'll hit the piano this afternoon.
Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk
Razor: Paradigm Diamondback
Blade: Gillette Nacet Stainless
Brush: Simpson Chubby 3 Manchurian (Faux Sapphire)
Lather: Mitchell's Wool Fat
Aftershave: Floris No. 89
Additional Care:
Humphreys Maravilla
Osma Tradition Alum Block
I've spent a fair amount of time shaving by now. But nothing like the time I've spent practicing the piano. Starting at age 5, and continuing formally until I was 16, I practiced pretty much every one of those days, and for most of that time, I practiced 3 hours a day. That adds up to a lot of thousands of hours of doing one thing by oneself. So there's things like constructing a narrative, or improvising, that I can do really well. I feel like I earned the pleasure I get from playing, through all that practice.
That's how I felt about today's shave. I chose my stuff, and went into the shave, focused on performing every step with excellence. (I had my worst night of meditation ever. I so thoroughly forgot I was meditating, I went and got ice cream.) So I felt the need to play the piano, but at 4:15am, other people might not enjoy it so much, so a silent, focused, technically perfect shave was my goal.
It went very well. This was exactly what I needed.
I'll hit the piano this afternoon.
Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk
A friend of mine from junior high on practiced his saxophone daily. Now that he's retired from computer engineering, he plays for fun with other professional musicians in the Boston area. It's pretty cool to hear him play while watching him interact with the other musicians. Kudos to you for continuing to play. 
fhalden
"Like BarberDave… I make my own fun”
Today's shave:
Razor: Blackland Titanium Blackbird
Blade: Gillette Nacet Stainless
Brush: Simpson Keyhole KH4 Best Badger
Lather: Zingari Man The Traditionalist
Aftershave: Zingari Man The Traditionalist Aftershave Balm
Additional Care:
Humphreys Maravilla
Osma Tradition Alum Block
There are a few things I've done in my life, just a couple, where every time I do it, the same song plays in my head while I do it. I mean, I have music in my head a lot of the time, but in these specific situations, a specific song plays.
If I'm mowing the lawn with a push mower, I hear Show Box Kids and Bodissatvha by Street Dan. There's a reason for this, and it's a long, uninteresting story.
Another one has emerged. Every time I use the Ti Blackbird, I hear Red Barchetta by Rush. This one is a pretty clear, and a little silly I guess, relation. The song is about recklessly driving a Ferrari. There's a bunch of sci-fi trappings, but the point of the song, as program music, is to portray driving a Ferrari, or the feelings attached.
So I guess I'm telling myself that there's something "sports car" like about the Ti Blackbird. Thing is, I've never driven a sports car. My taste in automobiles goes for, as small and energy efficient as possible, while also really reliable. If there's one new car I'm interested in, it's the Toyota Yaris.
But this razor is so perfectly fast looking. It portrays rapid forward motion so vividly, it is, in my opinion, a razor that is also fully a sculpture. Shaving with it is, for me, never going to be a daily thing. It's just too exfoliative. But it's one of a few razors I have, that I think of as industrial sculpture, and that adds an interesting aspect to the shave. I make my own strange fun.
More art!
Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk
Razor: Blackland Titanium Blackbird
Blade: Gillette Nacet Stainless
Brush: Simpson Keyhole KH4 Best Badger
Lather: Zingari Man The Traditionalist
Aftershave: Zingari Man The Traditionalist Aftershave Balm
Additional Care:
Humphreys Maravilla
Osma Tradition Alum Block
There are a few things I've done in my life, just a couple, where every time I do it, the same song plays in my head while I do it. I mean, I have music in my head a lot of the time, but in these specific situations, a specific song plays.
If I'm mowing the lawn with a push mower, I hear Show Box Kids and Bodissatvha by Street Dan. There's a reason for this, and it's a long, uninteresting story.
Another one has emerged. Every time I use the Ti Blackbird, I hear Red Barchetta by Rush. This one is a pretty clear, and a little silly I guess, relation. The song is about recklessly driving a Ferrari. There's a bunch of sci-fi trappings, but the point of the song, as program music, is to portray driving a Ferrari, or the feelings attached.
So I guess I'm telling myself that there's something "sports car" like about the Ti Blackbird. Thing is, I've never driven a sports car. My taste in automobiles goes for, as small and energy efficient as possible, while also really reliable. If there's one new car I'm interested in, it's the Toyota Yaris.
But this razor is so perfectly fast looking. It portrays rapid forward motion so vividly, it is, in my opinion, a razor that is also fully a sculpture. Shaving with it is, for me, never going to be a daily thing. It's just too exfoliative. But it's one of a few razors I have, that I think of as industrial sculpture, and that adds an interesting aspect to the shave. I make my own strange fun.
More art!
Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk
GearNoir
“The Disney Princess’s Apprentice”
The repressed secret desires of the little kid on all of us maybe?
Indeed
fhalden
"Like BarberDave… I make my own fun”
Today's shave:
Razor: Timeless Titanium .95
Blade: Personna Platinum Israeli Red
Brush: Simpson Berkeley 46 B
Lather: Saponificio Varesino Mirto di Sardegna
Aftershave: Saponificio Varesino Mirto di Sardegna
Additional Care:
Humphreys Maravilla
Osma Tradition Alum Block
This is a milder SV scent to me. Some others, like Morado, or Desert Vetiver, have an, um, assertiveness(?), that Mirto Di Sardegna doesn't have.
It's the only scent I don't have a shower gel for. I want to maximize my enjoyment of the SV scents, but I don't want to wear them as a EdP/T/Cologne - I think they do an EdT, but I haven't really looked. I decided that the way to get the most time with the scent without wearing it all day, is to use the shower gel. It's great. It's very gentle, smells exactly right, and is amplified by being carried to the nose by steamy vapors. So I get a big fat dose of whichever one I'm using, and then it all rinses off. The aftershave is great, in that it's silky on the face, and it's half life is about 30 minutes. So I get a good hour of whatever SV variety I'm using and still get to go with my EdT choice of the day, I only wear a few.
The Timeless Titanium is a very enjoyable combination of volume without bulk. It's light, so it's easier to wield than the Stainless version, which was too heavy for me. This thing is just right, even with the titanium resonance harmonics sounding like a sped-up recording of a noisy razor.
Strangely, this razor reminds me of a scene in Broadway Danny Rose where he and his client are being chased around the warehouse where they keep the Macy's Parade Balloons, by gun toting mobsters. At some point a shot is fired that punctures a helium tank. Slowly, over the next minute, everyone's voices start to go up and up until the curses and threats of the goons sound spoken by The Chipmunks. It's a great moment in film. I use the Timeless, hear it's thin, high pitched feedback, think of that movie and chuckle as I shave.
Careful though, this razor can grab my jawline. Not tonight though. Everything went according to.plan.
Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk
Razor: Timeless Titanium .95
Blade: Personna Platinum Israeli Red
Brush: Simpson Berkeley 46 B
Lather: Saponificio Varesino Mirto di Sardegna
Aftershave: Saponificio Varesino Mirto di Sardegna
Additional Care:
Humphreys Maravilla
Osma Tradition Alum Block
This is a milder SV scent to me. Some others, like Morado, or Desert Vetiver, have an, um, assertiveness(?), that Mirto Di Sardegna doesn't have.
It's the only scent I don't have a shower gel for. I want to maximize my enjoyment of the SV scents, but I don't want to wear them as a EdP/T/Cologne - I think they do an EdT, but I haven't really looked. I decided that the way to get the most time with the scent without wearing it all day, is to use the shower gel. It's great. It's very gentle, smells exactly right, and is amplified by being carried to the nose by steamy vapors. So I get a big fat dose of whichever one I'm using, and then it all rinses off. The aftershave is great, in that it's silky on the face, and it's half life is about 30 minutes. So I get a good hour of whatever SV variety I'm using and still get to go with my EdT choice of the day, I only wear a few.
The Timeless Titanium is a very enjoyable combination of volume without bulk. It's light, so it's easier to wield than the Stainless version, which was too heavy for me. This thing is just right, even with the titanium resonance harmonics sounding like a sped-up recording of a noisy razor.
Strangely, this razor reminds me of a scene in Broadway Danny Rose where he and his client are being chased around the warehouse where they keep the Macy's Parade Balloons, by gun toting mobsters. At some point a shot is fired that punctures a helium tank. Slowly, over the next minute, everyone's voices start to go up and up until the curses and threats of the goons sound spoken by The Chipmunks. It's a great moment in film. I use the Timeless, hear it's thin, high pitched feedback, think of that movie and chuckle as I shave.
Careful though, this razor can grab my jawline. Not tonight though. Everything went according to.plan.
Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk
We are "gifted" with custom titles by the forum owners - we cannot alter them.
Nice setup of gear.
fhalden
"Like BarberDave… I make my own fun”
Wow! That's pretty cool!We are "gifted" with custom titles by the forum owners - we cannot alter them.
Nice setup of gear.
Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk
fhalden
"Like BarberDave… I make my own fun”
Today's shave, July 2, 2023
Razor: Tatara Muramasa
Blade: Gillette Nacet Stainless
Brush: Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Phantom Aerolite
Lather: Stirling Boat Drinks
Aftershave: Pinaud Virgin Islands Bay Rum
Additional Care:
Humphreys Maravilla
Osma Tradition Alum Block
The Muramasa, the Masamune, and the Merkur Futur are my Fritz Lang, "what they use in Metropolis," razors. Futuristic in a mid-20th Century feel. Maybe if you take 120 year old technology, and design it to be futuristic, things average out to looking like 1956.
I love Pinaud VIBR, whatever it smells like.
Boat Drinks is supposedly tropical. I believe them, but don't recognize anything I'd call that. The bottom line for me with Stirling is that it is a magnificent soap, with lots of great, even comprehensible scents.
Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk
Razor: Tatara Muramasa
Blade: Gillette Nacet Stainless
Brush: Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements Phantom Aerolite
Lather: Stirling Boat Drinks
Aftershave: Pinaud Virgin Islands Bay Rum
Additional Care:
Humphreys Maravilla
Osma Tradition Alum Block
The Muramasa, the Masamune, and the Merkur Futur are my Fritz Lang, "what they use in Metropolis," razors. Futuristic in a mid-20th Century feel. Maybe if you take 120 year old technology, and design it to be futuristic, things average out to looking like 1956.
I love Pinaud VIBR, whatever it smells like.
Boat Drinks is supposedly tropical. I believe them, but don't recognize anything I'd call that. The bottom line for me with Stirling is that it is a magnificent soap, with lots of great, even comprehensible scents.
Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk
Makes sense to me. The razor does have that mid-century futuristic design.
fhalden
"Like BarberDave… I make my own fun”
Today's shave:
Razor: Blackland Vector
Blade: Feather Artist Club Pro Guard
Brush: Simpson Commodore X3
Lather: Haslinger Schafmilch
Aftershave: Proraso Red Aftershave Lotion
Additional Care:
Humphreys Maravilla
Osma Tradition Alum Block
Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk
The Haslinger is from way back.
Razor: Blackland Vector
Blade: Feather Artist Club Pro Guard
Brush: Simpson Commodore X3
Lather: Haslinger Schafmilch
Aftershave: Proraso Red Aftershave Lotion
Additional Care:
Humphreys Maravilla
Osma Tradition Alum Block
Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk
The Haslinger is from way back.
Last edited:
My favorite (and only) artist club razor. Good choice, Frank.
fhalden
"Like BarberDave… I make my own fun”
Today's shave
Razor: Carbon Cx-316L
Blade: Personna Platinum Israeli Red
Brush: Simpson Milk Churn Best Badger
Lather: Zingari Man The Royal
Aftershave: Zingari Man The Royal Recovery Splash
Additional Care:
Humphreys Maravilla
Osma Tradition Alum Block
Leather is an interesting scent. When I think of the scent of leather, I think of the smell of my baseball glove. But, if I'm not mistaken, the smell of leather is the result of some concoction of tissue fixing chemicals. It's a Little Tree scent, alongside New Car and Close Shave. 2023 might just be the year some adventurous artisan makes a soap with top notes of New Car.
Here, the leather is joined, at least in the description on the lid, by wine, and "spices." These spices do not resemble the spices in The Master, mainly because I cannot smell spices in this soap.
It does smell really nice, and the soap base is my favorite.
I'm kind of bummed about the demise of Pannacrema. I ordered a Verde. Its a great soap, the freshest scent going, but it's not MWF for me, so I bought 1 instead of 17.
Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk
Razor: Carbon Cx-316L
Blade: Personna Platinum Israeli Red
Brush: Simpson Milk Churn Best Badger
Lather: Zingari Man The Royal
Aftershave: Zingari Man The Royal Recovery Splash
Additional Care:
Humphreys Maravilla
Osma Tradition Alum Block
Leather is an interesting scent. When I think of the scent of leather, I think of the smell of my baseball glove. But, if I'm not mistaken, the smell of leather is the result of some concoction of tissue fixing chemicals. It's a Little Tree scent, alongside New Car and Close Shave. 2023 might just be the year some adventurous artisan makes a soap with top notes of New Car.
Here, the leather is joined, at least in the description on the lid, by wine, and "spices." These spices do not resemble the spices in The Master, mainly because I cannot smell spices in this soap.
It does smell really nice, and the soap base is my favorite.
I'm kind of bummed about the demise of Pannacrema. I ordered a Verde. Its a great soap, the freshest scent going, but it's not MWF for me, so I bought 1 instead of 17.
Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk
Exercising restraint. Way to go, Frank!